Even though this film defies every logic of science, it creates a logic of its own. The film establishes itself as an emotional treat with performance and visuals one of kind. It has always been said 'never judge book by its cover', same is the case when we look at Another Earth. From far this seems like bland, long and a draining feature, but when you get to see it; it takes you on board a ride which is not to be missed specially by film lovers and even more so for the ones who admire the art of independent cinema.
The story of the movie is not complex at all, even though you can see through the director's work that we has explained each and everything with great detail so that the audience is not consumed into guessing what is going to happen but instead get connected with the emotional roller coaster the characters are going through.
Writing of the film is very important, no matter how talented the director is; the screenplay is the basic element that keeps everything on track. A bad and rushed screenplay can make the best of the best filmmaker impaired. In this film the screenplay was written by the efforts of Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, which explains why the lead and the director were at ease with the screenplay because they were working on their very own creation. It was a brilliant achievement on their part, why I say has two reasons. The first if a planet with the size of earth is standing very close to your own there has to been some scientific concerns which were completely denied any relevance in this picture, now that's not the end of it; the brilliance actually occurs how beautifully the very logical elements of science were ignored and made irrelevant in this picture. Making this picture more about the emotional and human experiences rather than becoming a Micheal Bay debacle. The second reason, the film has a very low dialogue; which plays in the benefit of the film. Unlike 'Tree of Life', which was highly symbolic and made audience lose their nerves over guessing what happened this film on the contrary establishes itself on the lack of speech and depiction of emotion silently.
The direction by Mr. Mike Cahill is not flawless but it is at least not flawed, this year has been one on the most uncertain ones. The movies which were expected to produce high praise, did not even meet the satisfactory level. The most recent debacle was J.Edgar, the cast showed that film will be historic, but its lack of capability to reach satisfactory level puts you off. Anyways the crux of the matter is that one of the most pleasant treats came from the people; who were either not expected to make such works or were not know that widely. I think with one such film one can expect from Mike that he indeed will be producing work which will be celebrated in future. Unless his talents are not overwhelmed by the current trends of Hollywood which leave no room for creativity and imagination. Camera is the most intelligently used equipment of the film, it has produced on the most spectacular scenes of this year's film catalog. The best part is CGI is kept to its minimum, not overwhelming the film and its characters at all, and we all know if we want that who can we turn too... Micheal Bay.
Over all the film is a good watch, it is pure in its purest form. Certainly the film has its flaws, which includes it is a bit stretched, though a nice concept but for many audience the trauma and the grim concept gets too much to handle in such long time. The best part would have been if some of the redundant scenes were edited which would have given a fast paced and involving feature.
One of the reviewers from St. Petersburg Times States as follows:
'Another Earth is a tough movie to shake off... resisting movie tactics that usually accompany such material. Using a sci-fi premise to engage a grounded, almost pedestrian story of guilt and regret is a bold stroke.'
IMDB RATING : 7.1
ROTTEN TOMATOES: 63% Fresh.
MY RATING : 7.5/10
